In a triumphant post to its blog today, Rackspace announced that Rotatable Technologies is now "an ex-patent troll." This new designation for Rotatable Technologies comes after the US Patent and Trademark Office declared its patent (6,326,978) unpatentable. Last year, Rotatable Technologies decided to go after Rackspace over the patent, demanding $75,000. Rackspace chose to fight not just the case but the patent itself.

What is patent 6,326,978? It was a patent covering "a display method for selectively rotating windows on a computer display including a window for a computer display having a frame and a display portion.

Anyone who uses Rackspace for their hosting needs will be glad to know that the company finally released an official Android app into the Market. It allows you to remotely access and admin your servers, offering support for the US, UK and custom API endpoints, as well as support for multiple accounts.

The app also brings a lot of other useful features to the palm of your hand:

List all Cloud Servers in your account

Create new Cloud Servers (including from any existing backups)

Delete Cloud Servers

Resize Cloud Servers

Perform Hard and Soft Reboots

Manage backup schedules

Ping Cloud Servers

Rename Cloud Servers

Rebuild Cloud Servers

Change a Cloud Server's root password

View and Create Cloud Files Containers

Upload text files to Cloud Files

Download and Preview Cloud Files

Passcode Lock

Detailed Error Handling: if you get an error from the API, you can see exactly what happened with an equivalent curl command to reproduce it in a shell

Links to contact Rackspace Fanatical Support via phone or Twitter

The app is free in the Android Market - hit the widget below to grab it.